You are everything that's ever been my favourite thing," she wanted to tell him. "You're my love song, my birthday cake, the sound of ocean waves and French words and a baby's laugh. You're a snow angel, crème brulée, a kaleidoscope filled with glitter. I love you and you'll never catch up, because I've gotten a head start and my heart is racing at light speed.

God, it was good. Comforting and stimulating at the same time. Absolute world-class pheromones. I wished I could take his jacket home with me. Not him, just the jacket.

Love is always a leap into the unknown. You can try to control as many variables, and understand a situation as you can, but youre still jumping off a cliff and hoping that someone catches you.

That is kind of you, my lord. But I will never dance with you.' Which, of course, made it the goal of Leo's life.

A couple of times in your life, it happens like that. You meet a stranger, and all you know is that you need to know everything about him.

Somehow I knew that no matter what I chose to tell or to keep secret, he would understand.

No. But I understand her. Life makes people what they are.